Eurynome
In the beginning, according to the creation story of the Pelasgians, early inhabitants of Greece, Eurynome, the All-Goddess and primal mother, rose from Chaos. Dividing…
Category: Greek Mythology
Exotika
Greek spirits aren’t only ancient or Classical: the Exotika are a pantheon of modern Greek spirits. Exotika means “things outside” or “things beyond.” They are…
Fates
Fates (2) The Moirae, or Goddesses of Fate, of ancient Greek mythology and religion were banished with the adoption of Christianity, along with the entire…
Gorgons
Three Gorgon sisters, daughters of sea spirits Keto and Phorkys, lived on an island in the Western Ocean, in the direction of Night, past their…
Graeae
Graeae – The Grey Goddesses The Graeae are sea spirit sisters whose parents are Keto and Phorkys. The number of Graeae is unclear. There may…
Iris
Iris (rainbow) In Greek mythology, goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the gods; daughter of the sea deities Thaumas and Electra. Homer’s Iliad (books…
Harpokrates
Harpokrates is the Greek name for Horus. (It’s a corruption of the Egyptian Har-Pa-Khered.) Harpokrates is a Hellenized vision of Horus. The Greeks did not…
Harpies
Harpies (snatcher) In Greek mythology, winged monsters with women’s faces and vulture bodies, daughters of Thaumas and Electra or of Poseidon and Gaea. Some accounts…
Helen of Troy
Helen of Troy In Greek mythology, the most beautiful woman in the world; daughter of Zeus and Leda; married to Menelaus; mother of Hermione, Pleisthenes,…
Helios
Helios : The Watcher; The Untiring Eye; The All Seeing, Ever Watching Helios is the sun as well as the original spirit of the sun…